Photographs: Co. Cork

Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris Fearbán féir Family: Ranunculaceae Flowering time: May - September. Perennial. Native. The yellow flowers are 5-petalled with horizontally spreading, hairy sepals. Long-stalked lower leaves deeply divided into 5-7 lobes, the stem leaves are stalkless. An erect +/- hairy plant without runners. Height: to 70cm. Very commonon on roadsides and in fields. Similar: Bulbous Buttercup, R. bulbosus. Shorter plant, swollen at stem-base, the flowers with reflexed sepals.

Meadow Buttercup, Ranunculus acris, Fearbán féir